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How much/newborns?

Hi, new to the group, I pumped exclusively with my son because he had latching issues, Pretty sure I'll pump exclusively for my twins too because it makes me feel better knowing how much they're getting, any my question is. How much do newborns usually eat? They've been eating 15 ml every 2-4 hours. I can't remember what my son ate or how often :(

Hello, & welcome! I'm sorry, but I'm not sure how to convert mL to ozs right off hand, but newborns should probably eat 1-2 ozs every 2-3 hrs in the beginning. The way our pedi explained it to us was you double their weight in the beginning, & that's how many ozs they should get (ex: a 5lb baby should only need 10ozs per day). However, that doesn't apply after a while, so I just went by the BM standards of no more/no less than 24-30 ozs per day.

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